David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. I have been researching this both to support Versatile VC ’s portfolio companies and also as part of research for my new book, To University and Beyond: Launch Your Career in High Gear. 1) Your school.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2014

This weekend was Yom Kippur, holiest of the Jewish holidays and the day of atonement. It’s also the day when most Jewish minds are least focused since one needs to fast for 24 hours. But our rabbi captivated me this year and reminded me of one of the most important lessons I learned myself 15 years ago.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

So it’s really hard to draw too many conclusions about whether the investment really makes sense because often you learn stuff in the fund raising about the future strategy of the company that might make you much more excited than somebody on the outside might be. Peer-to-peer lending is back! Others I have not.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2021

The funding comes just months after São Paulo-based Mercado Bitcoin’s Series A round (of an undisclosed amount) in January of 2021, which was co-led by G2D/GP Investments and Parallax Ventures, with participation from HS Investimentos , Gear Ventures, Évora and Genial. JPMorgan and DealMake. Image Credits: Mercado Bitcoin.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Fragmented markets can be a great target for disruption. MakeSpace , the leading provider of next-generation storage for consumers, today announced an additional $17.5 million in funding on TechCrunch led by Harmony Partners and Upfront Ventures to double its footprint of 3 cities (New York, Chicago & Washington DC) to 6 in 2016.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 29, 2012

Over the course of the lifetime of a new angel investor, they'll do 70% of all of the angel investments they'll ever make in year one. Here are just a few suggestions: 1) Advise first, invest later. Being a good angel or VC has a lot to do with pattern matching. Angel investing is part lifestyle, part asset allocation.

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2021

For many VCs, the exit is the endgame; you cash in and move on. For many VCs, the exit is the endgame; you cash in and move on. But as we know, the startup world is evolving, and that means the impact of investment is no longer limited to how much money is made. More posts by this contributor. Competitor effect.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

This followed an investment late last year by Time Warner in the company in a round totaling $36 million , led by Rachel Lam , head of their investment group. Dana Settle (Greycroft) & I had led the first round of investment in the company in 2010 and we were looking for smart media investors to join us as investors in the company.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

The questions that a VC mulls before writing a check are precisely the questions you should be asking yourself. But this isn’t likely to be a VC-backable business (which to be clear is totally ok). Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail. ” when often that’s a stupid comment. Market Size.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 2, 2011

I don’t think any serious VC or angel thought it was “collusion.&# It’s apropos because there is so much noise these days with email, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, web shows, etc. that it’s sometimes hard to know when to pay attention and when to keep your head down. I enjoy that. Probably we all have different filters.

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

’ It’s that line of thinking that leads people to create disruptive companies, to solve problems that were thought to be intractable. They seek a VC model where dogma is less of a drag on the enterprise, and investment discovery can come from a wide network of smaller investors—mini LPs, in a way.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

It comes up a lot with my coaching clients who aspire to be top VCs and are trying to figure out how to self-assess and goal set. I find level setting to be one of the most difficult things to do around any task or skill. Just how good is good? What are the best people accomplishing? How do you measure it? But I thought I was good!?”

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

The interview was wide ranging and discussed everything from USVs investment thesis over the past 10 years to what some emerging themes are around blockchain and artificial intelligence. Dan asked Fred about “generational change” at USV and in the VC industry more broadly. And thankfully I had the support of my peers.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

2021 saw phenomenal returns for our industry and it topped off more than a decade of unprecedented VC growth. And while over the past few years we have been laser-focused on cash returns, we are equally planting seeds for our next 10–15 years of returns by actively investing in today’s market. The answer is: not much.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I can’t help feel a bit of rear-view mirror analysis in all of “VC model is broken” bears in our industry. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 12, 2017

VCs are at the forefront of technological disruption, funding many of the latest cutting edge productivity tools. The VC landscape has gotten much more competitive and crowded over the past several years, and if investors are not using software tools?—?they they are definitely at a disadvantage.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 13, 2021

Empirically, few small emerging investment managers hire placement agents, particularly in venture capital. It would make life a lot easier for emerging managers if they could outsource the entire fundraising process. But can you? And even the firms that hire a placement agent almost always still have to run their own internal process. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

The investing group also moved its secondary listing from Dublin’s Euronext Growth Market to its larger sister exchange, Euronext Dublin, which makes sense given its long connection to Irish capital. Perhaps fundraising success is part of why the venture model has not seen much disruption in recent decades, apart from rising fund sizes.

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Y Combinator

JULY 15, 2019

We recommend getting to know partners at VC firms on your list at least 6 to 9 months before your fundraise. It’s something that provokes anxiety, because this is the first time the founder/CEO is subject to external supervision, and the board has powers that include the firing of the CEO and the senior management. option grants).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

“Without that, it’s difficult to determine what is right from what is wrong, or what is a strong investment from a shortsighted one.” ” European VC funds are building community around ESG initiatives. Gap analysis and benchmarking versus the industry to see how we can become better versus your peers and competitors.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 4, 2013

Put simply – you need enough users in a segment who care about what you’re doing to dictate investing further in the product or in sales & marketing resources. .” He then brought her to board meetings so nobody could accuse him of not having a business model. My take on his argument is this: 1. ” True.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 13, 2021

Empirically, few small emerging investment managers hire placement agents, particularly in venture capital. It would make life a lot easier for emerging managers if they could outsource the entire fundraising process. But can you? And even the firms that hire a placement agent almost always still have to run their own internal process. .

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

When I described to people why I initially invested my calls went something like this, “He’s taken kicks to the face for nearly 2 years and is still standing. I was sick of hyperbole articles pronouncing that VCs were “scared or AngelList&# or “it was disrupting VC&# or some other BS exaggeration like that.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

London-based femtech, Hormona , which is pitching its hormone tracker in the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt, hopes to encourage people with periods to do just that: Add hormone-monitoring to their quantified health mix. Today it’s announcing the launch of its app in the U.S. The 2019-founded U.K. The 2019-founded U.K.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2021

co-led the round, with 20VC, Reinventure, Tidal Ventures, APEX Capital and Mantis (the VC fund started by music act The Chainsmokers) also participating. Today, a Melboune startup called FrankieOne that has built an automated platform to help combat that is announcing a Series A on the back of strong customer demand.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

The easiest way to work with and for VC funds is to become a part-time scout, getting paid for sourcing investments. How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). How to find a job as a VC scout. VC recruiters list and compensation data.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 22, 2019

Boards are elected by the shareholders, sometimes with preferred shareholders holding seats by right of their investment. And some board members show their colors in the form of being dominant, hushing their peers and often interrupting others. What if the person continues with his or her personal agenda or continues to disrupt?

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Boards are elected by the shareholders, sometimes with preferred shareholders holding seats by right of their investment. What if the person continues with his or her personal agenda or continues to disrupt? The solution I chose was to approach the VC, or another partner of the angel group, and explain the problem.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. Some will cite my investment two years ago in social-media advertising company Ad.ly So with DataSift I’m doubling down.

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2021

One of the best business models ever is creating a marketplace between investors and investment opportunities. I’ve been meeting lately with more and more family offices interested in investing directly into companies, in lieu of via funds. Investors there are outsourcing the decision-making about individual investments to the GPs.).

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 30, 2016

We did what many VC funds did – we presented our annual results, we stood up and talked about our portfolio companies, we invited a few to also present and then we had dinner & drinks at some posh restaurant. So I decided to change up our format a bit. Here’s a short sample of what we now do. I had a few objectives in mind.

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